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From Secrecy News, “During calendar year 2004, 1,758 applications were made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for electronic surveillance and physical search, according to the latest Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) annual report to Congress. That established a new annual record for domestic counterintelligence and counterterrorism surveillance and search activity.”
Goodbye to Privacy, by William Safire, April 10, 2005 New York Times Book Review, focuses on the pervasiveness of electronic data collection of personal information on U.S. citizens, by a range of companies. Two recent books, No Place to Hide and Chatter, Dispatches From the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping detail at great length post …
CDT has made available a PDF version, 70 pages, of the DOJ’s April 2005 report, USA PATRIOT Act Sunsets Report. “The report, which was prepared at the request of Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, analyzes each of the 16 provisions that are scheduled to expire on December 31, 2005. See also Patriot Debates – A …
Searches and Seizures in a Digital World, by Orin S. Kerr, forthcoming in Harvard Law Review, Vol. 119, 2006. “This article offers a normative framework for applying the Fourth Amendment to searches of computer data. It begins by exploring the basic differences between physical searches of physical property and electronic searches of digital evidence. It …
Several articles today raise questions about the extent to which the government has obtained access to library patron records, as indicated in testimony from yesterday’s hearing concerning the reauthorization of the law’s 16 provisions which are scheduled to expire at the end of 2005. Links are as follows: From the Christian Science Monitor, Patriot Act: …
Press release today – Fact Sheet: USA Patriot Act Provisions Set for Reauthorization “Section 215 allows the FISA court to order the production of business records and other items, in the context of a national security investigation, to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person; or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine …
Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing, April 5, 2005 – Oversight of the USA PATRIOT Act. Links to testimony by Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General and Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as to Member Statements by Charles Grassley and Patrick Leahy
Following-up on the controversy concerning the startlingly high fee set by the DOJ to fulfill a FOIA request that made news back in January, today’s article from the Daily Business Review indicates the cost of fulfilling the request will be less than originally estimated, as will be access to the scope of information requested.
2005 Montana Legislature, Senate Joint Resolution No. 19:…that it is the policy of the citizens of Montana to oppose any portion of the USA PATRIOT Act that violates the rights and liberties guaranteed under the Montana Constitution or the United States Constitution, including the Bill of Rights.
From the Berkeley Daily Planet, Library’s New Technology Sparks Controversy. Related references: Parents and Civil Liberties Groups Urge School District to Terminate Use of Tracking Devices and Children and RFID Systems.
S. 316: A bill to limit authority to delay notice of search warrants (By Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]) Introduced Feb 8, 2005. Related references: “The Reasonable Notice and Search Act revises the Patriot Act authority to delay notice of the execution of search warrants – so-called “sneak and peak” provisions – and requires the Attorney …
S. 317: A bill to protect privacy by limiting the access of the Government to library, bookseller, and other personal records for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. Introduced (By Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]), Feb 8, 2005. Related reference: Feingold Introduces Bills To Protect Civil Liberties – “The Library, Bookseller and Personal Records Privacy Act will …
